Alright so my Les Paul has one nut groove slotted way too deep and it buzzing real heavy on the first fret. Sometimes it even plays an F when I'm trying to play it open because its touching the fret so hard. As you can imagine this is extremely annoying and I decided to ask my local shop how much it would cost to repair it.

They said any work runs 38$ an hour. How much do you think this repair would cost me?
I'm assuming they'll just throw a new nut on as well.

It depends on how they fix it too. It's not uncommon to use bone dust and super glue to refill a nut slot, and then recut it to the correct length. That would take no time at all(though I'm not sure how many professionals would use that method). But if we're talking about a real Gibson, not an Epi, then you may want to suck it up and have a new nut cut.

It depends on how they fix it too. It's not uncommon to use bone dust and super glue to refill a nut slot, and then recut it to the correct length. That would take no time at all(though I'm not sure how many professionals would use that method). But if we're talking about a real Gibson, not an Epi, then you may want to suck it up and have a new nut cut.

Thats what I'm thinking. Bone or something. Maybe I could just buy it and ask him to drop it in too. I've also had thoughts about getting a new PUP and having him drop that in at the same time.

I've done quiet a bit of work on my strat and everything turned out great but I'm afraid of messing with my Gibson. You could say I'm scared to play with my own nut.